Police and council officials had been in talks with the group on Alyn Waters Country Park, Llay, as the 5pm deadline approached on Thursday.

One caravan towed by a van left before 5pm and the others departed throughout evening.

Some of the caravans were said to have moved to nearby Abenbury.

A successful application was made to magistrates by Wrexham council on Wednesday afternoon.

This gave the travellers 24 hours to get off the site or face action.

The council will now be counting the cost of damage to the field where they had camped.

At the hearing at Wrexham Magistrates on Wednesday, the court heard there was evidence of the gate and post being damaged at Alyn Waters, a football pitch being churned up, fires set on the field and fly tipping.

As a result of their presence at the country park, attendance figures have been down there from the public, the magistrates heard.

A Wrexham council spokeswoman said it was too early to say what the cost of the damage was and assessments would have to be carried out.

Another casualty of the encampment was Llay youth football teams who have had to cancel training sessions and pre-season matches.